Posted on 01/18/2025 8:38:40 AM PST by PJ-Comix
The TikTok ban goes into effect in just one day as of this writing. As you can see, many TikTokers have taken this news as the ultimate life destroying tragedy. However, the cavalry might soon be arriving to rescue them in the form of President Donald Trump. Since the ban takes effect on a Sunday that means the ban could be slow rolled until noon the following day when a REAL President officially takes office and freezes or reverses the ban. Oh, and for all you TikTokers now whining about the ban, if it reversed then you are expected to express full GRATITUDE to President Trump for basically saving your social media lives and ending your misery.
PING!
ya, that won’t happen... They will blame him for the ban in the first place.
I’ll take a wait and see...
TikTok users now migrating to another Chinese app. I love it.
The bill provides the President the authority with a 90 day extension.
The deadline is tomorrow. And Biden is still the President. But it's on the holiday weekend so.....
So in theory, the app may still work as Trump is being sworn in. And he can announce a 90 day extension. However, TikTok announced they'll shut down the app tomorrow if Biden is doing nothing.
Trump can pressure Congress to come up with a bill to "save" TikTok.
Or he can try to negotiate ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American company (ByteDance said that TikTok is not for sale).
NUKE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PORTION OF THE FEDERAL GOV'T!!!
They lived without it before.
They can now, too.
They need to get a life is theirs revolves around social media.
The law empowers the president to pause the ban for 90 days if and only if TikTok shows it’s in the process of separating from chinese owner ByteDance, i.e., has an impending sale or other divestment in process ...
Whac-A-Mole
They can now, too.
You're right. We can live without FR. I want the Feds to tell me what to do with my life.
This is going to hurt libs of TikTok
As usual.
So will I.
I’ll take a wait and see...
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I think I will make this my motto...
Information seems to be flowing faster then anyone is able to comprehend any of it (and toss in the Babylon Bee, well it is good to slow down...)
They’re too stupid to see that they just jumped from the cage of the lion 🦁 into the cage of the tiger 🐅 🐯.
The total ban is not likely to happen. Trump himself wants TikTok to keep functioning in some manner. The trick will be to buy it from the Chinese. I guess they are done soaking up personal data from oblivious Americans. At least for now.
“They need to get a life is theirs revolves around social media.”
I generally despise “bans” and would be supremely pissed if FR were to be banned...for example.
I know that YouTube and Instagram have been used by TV shows like The Voice and *_got_talent to identify potential acts to showcase. Not so much TikTok, and never heard of the Red whatever platform before.
I'm NOT a social media person. Take my comment with the appropriate amount of salt.
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